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| NSTIC: Oh.. it's an ID card for everything online |
A National Digital ID, Courtesy of the U.S. Postal Service?
c/o Bloomberg
"When China passed a new law two weeks ago requiring people to give their real names when signing up for Internet and phone service, it raised alarms over the surveillance implications for the world’s largest population of Web users. It also highlighted what may be an uncomfortable reality for U.S. netizens: a national digital ID, which essentially is what China is proposing, isn’t entirely a foreign concept. The U.S. is also slowly moving to a system where online personas are inextricably linked to real-world identities, an idea with huge privacy and security implications.
The tactics and enforcement mechanisms being explored in China and the U.S. are worlds apart, but the central idea is similar: knowing someone’s real name improves accountability online. That’s a double-edged sword, though, depending on who’s doing the accounting.
The White House’s National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace, or NSTIC, is leading the government’s efforts in this area.":::MORE HERE:::
Biggest prob w/ use/overuse of biometric ID = once it's compromised, your identity is forever at risk. No way to replace #biometricchat A3RELATED:
— Amie Stepanovich (@astepanovich) January 10, 2013
- Declare Your Independence podcast covers Biometric Internet Access
- NATO’s global axis is where RFID, biometrics and NSTIC meet
Here is second life for news that matters:
STUDENT LIFE WITH RFID
A great new UK blog has emerged featuring biometric and RFID news in public school systems named simply, Against RFID in Schools. You can check their link regularly at our "Dangers of RFID" section, left beneath today's national ID, Real ID headlines. According to this news source, 4.5 million children in the United Kingdom are being processed in schools for both RFID and biometrics at education institutions.
Read more of their latest here: RFID Journal pulls article on UK college RFID tracking students
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| @PandoDaily : Is the last free space of China's Internet Disappearing? |
China demands real names to use phone in Beijing
NORTH AMERICA
Project Censored release, "Signs of Emerging Police State" #1 Story in Top 25 Censored for 2013
REAL ID - WHTI - BEYOND THE BORDERS
With States Resisting Compliance, Feds Extend Real ID Deadline
The charade continues: DHS pretends to have ability/authority to enforce #realID, states pretend to care: pewstates.org/projects/state…
— Caitlyn Korb (@caitlynkorb) January 9, 2013
REAL ID—A Quarter of a Billion Dollars Gone
Canada, U.S. sign visa info sharing agreement, part of perimeter security deal
IdleNoMore video alert discloses Canada's EDL encryption lapse
E-VERIFY
E-Verify: Immigration Reform's Threat To Legal Workers
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